Drum for winding ribbons or the like



Aug. 4, 1925. 1,548,661

C A. COLCOMBET DRUM FOR WINDING RIBBONS OR THE LIKE Filed'Dec. 21, 1923Patented Aug. 4, 19255.

UNITED= STATES CHARLES A. COLCOMBET, OF ST.

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ETIENNE, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO COLCOMBET FRAN--' ooIs ET GIE. socIErE'ANONYME, or sit. ETIENNE, nuance, A FRENCH COMPANY.

DRUM FOR V/INDING R-IBBONS OR THE LIKE.

Application filed December 21, 1923. Serial No. 682,077.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gunners ALEXANDER CoLooMBET, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, residing in St. Etienne, Loire,

France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drums tor.Vinding Ribbons or the like, of which the "following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a drum to enclose the ribbon or the like, saiddrum having a slot through which the ribbon or other article enclosed insaid drum may be withdrawn or wound back into said drum withut thenecessity of opening the drum. 7

The invention is illustrated, by way oil. example, in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Fig. 1 is an exterior -front view Off a drumembodying the invention and showing the opening in the casing throughwhich the ribbon may pass.

Fig. 2 is a cross section along the line- 1-1 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a central section along line 22 of Fig. 1.

The outer cylindrical cover formed in the ordinary way by rolling asheet of cardboard or other material, is provided. with a longitudinalslot 7) through which the ribbon may be wound or unwound. In order toimpart to this drum a more distinctive and stylish appearance, the covera may be made from a metallic sheet, which sheet may be engraved orotherwise ornamented.

:5 The cover a is suitably secured, as by glue, to a disc 0 of adiameter slightly larger than the diameter of the cover, so as to permitthe easy manipulation of the disc by hand. To the same side of the disc0 as that to which the cover a is secured is also secured, as by glue, acentrally disposed tube (Z which may be of cardboard and which forms aspindle.

To a second disc e of the same diameter as the disc 0 is secured, as byglue, a cardboard washer 7 which has the same diameter as the inside ofthe cover a and the thickness of which corresponds approximately to thedistance of that and of the slot 6 which is nearest the disc from theadjacent end of the cover a. To the washer f is also secured, as byglue, a tube of cardboard 9 having its internal diameter of a size tofit over the central tube d of the cover a.

A tubular sleeve of cardboard IL on which the ribbon or the like is tobe wound, fits exactly over the tube 9 upon which it is capable ofrotating. The elasticity of the material of which the tube f/ and sleeve72, are formed makes the rotation of the latter on the former easy.

The ribbon or the like article is wound upon the sleeve 7i and thesleeve is then mounted on the tube 9 carried by the disc 6, as abovestated. The sleeve and tube are enclosed in the casing a by introducingthe central tube d carried by the disc 0 within the tube 9. A cardboardring 2' is interposed bet-ween one end of the sleeve h and the disc 0 soas to hold that end of the sleeve 71 a distance away from the disc 0which is substantially equivalent to the distance of the end of the slot6 from said disc, the extremity of the ribbon being passed through slotZ).

In order to unwind the ribbon its extremity which projects through theslot Z) is pulled, the effect of which is to cause the rotation of thesleeve it upon the tube 9.

hen it is desired to wind up the ribbon on the tube 72. without havingto remove the ribbon from the drum, it is suflicient to take the drumbetween the hands and with one hand to rotate the disc 6 and with it thetube 9 in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2). During this rotary motionof the tube 9 its beak 9 will engage the beak 7b of the tube h whichwill cause the rotation of the tube 72 during the whole of the rotationof the tube g. The ribbon will thus be wound around the tube h.

A drum embodying the invention, which may be constructed in any size,has the great advantage of protecting the ribbon or the like articleenclosed therein from the light, dust and other causes of externaldeterioration.

Having thus described the nature of my said invention and the best meansI know of carrying the same into practical effect, I claim A windingdrum for ribbon or the like, comprising a cover or casing having alongitudinal slot for the passage of ribbon or similar article, a discsecured to one end of the said cover and forming one end of the drum, acentral tube carried by said disc and forming a spindle, a second discconstitut-ing the other end of the drum, a tubumemb i" e m to the se ondsc and fitting exactly on the central tube to rotate upon the latter,said tubular member having on its periphery a projecting beakor tooth,and a sleeve upon WiliCilthB ribbon or like artieleto be enclosed inthedrum is Wound, said sleeve having an internal beak 1 or toothcomplementalto the beak 01 tooth of said tubular member, said internalbeak l 01" tooth adapted, when said sIe'eve'is 10- said tubular memberis rotated in the op- 'posite direction; to be engaged by the beak ortooth of the latterjto cause the rotation of said sleeve with saidtubular member.

In testimony whereof I have signed'm name to this specification.

CHARLES A. OOLOOMBET. [11.5.]

